Santa Maria, CA

Preisker DGC

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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
3.00 star(s)

17 & 18 Are Both Really Beautiful Little Holes! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 29, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is one really lovely park. The park is gently rolling, green grassy hills. You can tell there is money here with the first class horseshoe pits, lots of nice picnic shelters, big barbecue pits with the roll up grates and my favorite, an absolute cool, concrete Pirate's ship which sits in the pond.

The course starts near the horseshoe pits and mostly plays in clockwise direction around the perimeter of the park. The tee pads are the patio block set in a wood frame model that seems to be the popular choice for courses on the California coast. The tee signs are wonderful informative signs, set under plexiglass. Each sign has a picture of the hole sponsor, as well as a picture map for that hole. Almost every tee sign has two bag hooks welded on the back side.

The holes are of varying lengths from 154' up to # 14's 577'. There are wide open holes, like # 14 and holes where the baskets are hidden behind trees or over small hills. I think this is a course that beginners up to Intermediates players can play and enjoy. Although, it's decently long, beginners might like it's "no rough" and usually no OB's.

The course loops around with 18 finishing right near the start.
I was liking the course all right and then I came upon # 17 and # 18 at the end. Although, not difficult, I think they are both classically beautiful holes from an visual sense. Both have baskets that are just barely visual. On 17, only the top half of the basket can be seen and on 18, you can just barely see the top. Both have throwing over small hills and valleys and then around trees.

Cons:

There are OB possibilities on 2, 3 and 7.

I guess the pads could be a couple feet longer.

# 14 was a boring 577' open hole across the center lawn.

There are a couple places where navigation got a little confusing.

Other Thoughts:

Can I say again how cool I thought 17 and 18 were. They are a great way to end your round here. I added a .5 to my rating here because of them. This is such a lovely park. It's a destination park so bring your kiddies and wife. My wife loved walking the paths and then just basking in the warm sun.
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ShortyToThrow
Experience: 10.1 years 61 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Newly Updated Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 11, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-New tee signs with hole numbers, distance and map.
-Two new holes for a fresh challenge.
-Not crowded during the week.
-Course has its own website so you can easily access the course map on your phone.
-Holes of varying distance, elevation and trees.

Cons:

During Friday afternoons and on weekends the park gets crowded with non-disc golfers. They set up soccer games, picnics, bounce houses and so forth in the fairways.
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ibgollie
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.8 years 62 played 31 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Worth a stop 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 14, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice park, big holes, fun blend of grass and natural holes. Not too many people getting in the way. They maximized the effect of the small amounts of elevation and hills in the park to make it fun. Good to bang out a quick round on a "full sized" course. Not a pitch and putt by any means.

Cons:

-Confusing layout
-Tee signs need work

Other Thoughts:

Fun course to play, but if your planning on playing this or Waller, play Waller. But if you have the time, it's worth playing it as well.
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TalbotTrojan
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 112 played 104 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Grab Bag 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 28, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

An interesting course with a lot of variety that really made use of the features of this park in an interesting and challenging way. The baskets were all in good condition and were placed in some very interesting locations. No two holes felt the same and you were forced to make just about every shot in the bag. This course provided a good challenge for me.

Cons:

There was a good bit of wind there on the day that I was there making things interestings especially considering how many people were using this park for other purposes. There is an incredible amount of pedestrian traffic on most holes that would lead you to not be able to play the course on some occasions. The tee sings had been mostly defaced and most of the signs did not have the paper with information on them. You will likely need to at least study the map before playing as several times I walked to the wrong tee at first. I did not see any other disc golfers while I was there which made me wonder if there was anyone who appreciated this course. There were no tee pads minus the tee signs in the ground.

Other Thoughts:

I really liked a lot of the placements that they had but you will defiantely want to play this course where there is no one else at the park. There were so many picnics that I could not count and I had to play around people on a couple of holes. The design of the course was a lot of fun with an island green and interesting trees to get around or through. Unfortunately this course is accross town from a brilliant course and will have trouble living up to Waller Park.
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